Button-setting instrument



(No Model.)

P. H. RICHARDS. BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

No. 439,604. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

LTHD WASHINGYDN u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF HARTFORD, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANBUTTON-FASTENER COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,604, dated October28, 1890'.

Application filed March 3, 1890- Seriel No. 342,478. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hart-ford,in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Setting Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement on the button-settinginstrument described in United States Patent No. 338,554, granted to meMarch 23, 1886.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a button-setting instrument embodying mypresent improvements and showing the jaws or members open, with afastener in place ready for setting. Fig. 2 is a similar andcorresponding view, partially in section, showing the jaws closed, as atthe close of the setting operation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the underside of the lower jaw, showing certain details of construction. Fig. 4is a front View of the lower member and the parts thereon. Fig. 5 is adetail in three views of the front end of the lower jaw. Fig. 6similarly shows the bifurcated presser-slide in three views. Fig. 7represents a face view of bifurcated presser-slide, showing the springsin position therein.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

The two handles A B of my improved instrument are or may be of the usualdescription and pivoted together at X in any usual manner, substantiallyas shown. A spring 54 may be employed to hold the handles normally intheir open position. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

The upper jaWD, Which is the button holding member, has formed thereinthe usual setting-die E. It may also be provided with a button-holdingspring, afterthe manner described in myUnited StatesPatent No. 311,033,dated January 20, 1885. In the absence of such spring or equivalentmeans, the button 30 is held by the operator with its shank nnder saidsetting-die in the usual manner, substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

The lower jaw C, which is the fastener driving member, is shaped to forma passage 60, Fig. 5, for receiving the presser-slide F. This slide hasbetween the parts thereof a space 42, through which the wall 40 extendsto carry the driver, and in this space, when the slide is down, as inFig. 2, the spring H also passes, as shown in this figure. The plateformed on the middle wall 40 in front of said channels constitutes thedriver N, on the upper edge of which the fastener-head 2 rests, as shownin Figs. 1., 2,and 4. Thedriver-plate N has a guard 62 for holding thehead 2 in place, contiguous to said slide during the operation ofsetting the fastener.

As a means of operating the slide F, springs 10 are provided,and areconveniently carried in suitable chambers 11 in said slide. The spring10 rests on the projecting springsustaining abutments 12 of the wall 13between the slide-channels 60. The spring 10, itself contained withinsaid pocket or recess 11, formed within the slide F, bears against andforces up the same. The slideF is formed, preferably, in two partsjoined at 14 and united by a pin 15, whereby the two parts operate asone. Said parts are oppositely disposed, and have a guide or rib 16 thatslides in the grooves 17 of channels 60, whereby said slide parts aresecurely held and guided. A stop 18 serves to limit the upward motion ofthe slide.

A fastener a holding spring or fastener presser H is attached at 19 tothe member C, and is adapted to hold the fastener 5, Figs. 1, 2, and 4,in place against said slide above the driver. For this purpose thespring has a point 21, having a backward tension and curved to permitthe fastener-head to he slipped thereunder. Said spring H normallystands as in Fig. 1, but is adapted to be carried down,as in Fig. 2,where the upper member D forces the material down over the prong 5, asthere shown.

The mode of operating my improved instrument is substantially the sameas that of operating the instrument described in my aforesaid patent,No. 338,554, and will be obvious to those skilled in this art from thedrawings and preceding description. The jaws C D being open, a fasteneris pushed under the spring-point 21 into position ready for setting, asin Figs. 1 and 4-. The button being now put or held in place, and thefabric or shoeupper M being properly placed over the slide F, the twojaws are now forcibly brought together. This pushes down slide Fanddrives the fastener-prong up through the fabric and button-shank againstthe setting-die, thereby clinching the prong and completing the settingoperation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a button-settinginstrument, the combination, with the member 0, havingoppositely-disposed slide-receiving spaces, substantially as described,and having springsustaining abutments 12 located in said spaces, of theslide F, and springs carried within said slide and resting 011 saidabutments, substantially as described.

2. In abutton-setting instrument, the combination, with the member 0,formed with the slide-receiving spaces 60, of the slide F, consisting oftwo oppositely-disposed parts,fitting in said spaces and meeting abovesaid member, and a spring located in each part of said slide, allsubstantially as described.

3. In a button-setting instrument, the combination of the lower memberhaving the go driverN and carrying the presser-slide, of thefastener-holding spring II, having the presserpoint 21 and undertension, all substantially as described.

4:- In a button-setting instrument, the combination of the member 0,having the middle wall and driver N, of the bifurcated presser-slide andthe fastenenholding spring H, below said wall 40 and extending betweenthe parts of said slide when the slide is down, all substantially asdescribed.

5. In a button-setting instrument, the combination, substantially asdescribed, of the memberhaving the driver, a slide contiguous to thedriver, a guard on the driver holding the fastener-head contiguous tothe slide, and the fastener-presser holding the fastener toward saidslide.

6. In a button-settinginstrument, the combination, substantially asdescribed, of the member having the driver and formed to re ceive thebifurcated slide, of the spring-sustaining abutments on said member, therecessed oppositely-disposed slide members, a spring located in eachpart of said bifurcated slide, and a removable stop limiting themovement thereof.

FRANCIS II. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

SAML. W. POWEL, HENRY L. RECKARD.

